Example sentences of "[vb pp] on [prep] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | We 've never quite got on to first name terms , Emily and I. Even in our respective retirements . |
2 | Supply landing operation already laid on to last detail with Mid . |
3 | The significance of this to our enquiry is that , when Robertson 's order was passed on by Eighth Army to 5 Corps , it was to be taken by 5 Corps — as we shall see later — to authorise the handing over of various groups of Yugoslav surrendered personnel , including the 15,000-odd Slovene , Serb and Montenegrin troops who had surrendered two days earlier and been placed in Viktring camp . |
4 | The mini-budget , to be tacked on to next week 's Autumn Statement , will raise cash through borrowing , private money for new building , and up to £5 billion from council house sales . |
5 | A copy was sent on by Eighth Army at 0925 hrs on 15 May to 5 Corps for action [ KP 113 ] . |
6 | Vauxhall just held on to second spot ahead of Rover with 24,376 sales to Rover 's 23,251 . |
7 | Enzo Ferrari has watched him in Monaco , where in the superannuated BRM he had held on to third place for a third of the race , and then at Zandvoort . |
8 | Dreadnought held on to third place about a second or so behind Strega and Rare Bear . |